Nanming Engineer

Chapter 398
"Why do these thieves have cannons in red?" Zhu Shichang's eyeballs were about to pop out, and the white beard couldn't tell whether it was because of excitement or fear, he kept trembling: "Where did they get it?"

Seven miles away from this section of the city wall, a large piece of broad front suddenly spread out among the crowded crowd of rebels. Countless rebel soldiers in rags and ragged clothes who looked like beggars shouted and drove out more than a dozen vehicles. The carts pulled by strong horses came, the horses neighed, and the people behind them carried them on their shoulders, and quickly arranged these carts one by one in the open field, lined up in a horizontal row, with an interval of two feet between each other. How far away, from the city wall, it was like a gap suddenly appeared in a rushing wave.

After taking their positions, the soldiers of the Kuizhou Army wearing rebel clothes quickly removed the tarpaulin covering the cart, revealing the true appearance inside. The dark red bronze barrel was set with a dark muzzle, and the huge gun mount was equipped with a huge The wheels and the barrel as thick as a beam were what made Zhu Shichang exclaim. These were large Napoleon cannons that fired ten-pound iron bullets. In Zhu Shichang's eyes, he was the king of red cannons - —Divine General Cannon.

Coincidentally, Wang Huan also called this Napoleon cannon Shenwei cannon.

More than a dozen mighty cannons lined up, and before firing, the thick muzzle gave the Qing army on the city a full deterrent. In the late Ming Dynasty when firearms were widely used, any soldier who had stayed in the army for a few days Everyone knows the power of large-caliber artillery, let alone seeing so many cannons at once.

The exclamation from the top of the city could be heard several miles away. Li Dingguo urged his horse forward and came to Wang Huan, who was standing behind the artillery team, and asked softly with doubts on his face: "My lord, how can the Shenwei artillery attack the city?" It's good, but it's not as fast as Hong Tianlei, and the iron bullets are not as powerful as the medicine pack, so why not go directly to Hong Tianlei and use Shenwei Cannon instead?"

He had seen Hong Tianlei siege the city, and the earthquake-like attack effect caused by hundreds of catties of yellow explosives was unforgettable for him, but the power of the Shenwei Cannon was still not as powerful, so he asked this question.

Wang Huanning looked at the top of the city of Taiyuan, where figures were swaying and flags were shaking. It seemed that he was dispatching troops and recruiting people to deal with it. It seemed that the people above should have seen the artillery position that he had set up with great fanfare.

"The blasting thunder is too close. If it is too far away, it will not be able to reach the bottom of the city wall, which is a waste of gunpowder. But if it is too close, it will be exposed to the range of the Tartars' artillery, which will only increase casualties. We are not in a hurry to conquer this city. There is no need to do this." Wang Huan explained indifferently: "The long-range firepower of the Shenwei Cannon is farther than that of the largest red cannon of the Tartars, and it can be fired accurately. If it is placed here, it can accurately hit the city wall. The angle is slightly raised, and it can also be thrown into the city, with so many benefits, of course you should choose the Shenwei Cannon."

Suddenly, Li Dingguo sighed sincerely: "That's right, the purpose of your lord is to knock the mountains and shake the tigers, so that the Tartars in the city are terrified and terrified, but they still hold their breath and let them keep the hope of keeping on. Urge them to call for help!"

Wang Huan smiled slightly, a trace of cunning slipped across his handsome face, and said: "Think about it, the fear and anxiety of the defenders in the city are transmitted to the ears and eyes of the leaders of the Qing army in Datong through letters and messengers. What kind of effect does it have?"

Li Dingguo's eyes lit up: "Taiyuan can't afford to lose, the Qing army in the siege of Datong will definitely send reinforcements no matter what!"

"The request for help will definitely indicate that we have cannons in red. Then the reinforcements will not be just a few Mongolian soldiers. The Eight Banners soldiers must be the main force of the reinforcements." Wang Huan had a killing intent on his face with a smile on his face Through the skin, a cold and murderous air permeated from every pore of his body, as if tangible, which made Li Dingguo subconsciously avoid a little bit of fear: "It's just what I want! I want the Tartars You know, the land of Shanxi is their burial place, the Tomb of Ten Thousand Bones!"

A burst of flame seemed to light up in Li Dingguo's heart, making him gradually become fanatical. Tomb of Ten Thousand Bones!The Marquis wants to turn the Qing army, which has defeated all the invincible enemies in the world, into a tomb of ten thousand bones!How heroic, this is something that many famous generals would not dare to think of.

"You stay here and leave in three days." Wang Huan said to Li Dingguo: "The main force of the Kuizhou army has rushed to Shiling Pass to set up an ambush. You only have 6000 soldiers from the Fengzi Battalion and some soldiers. Thousands of Qing soldiers, can you deal with it?"

"No problem! Don't worry, my lord!" Li Dingguo replied lightly: "The Fengzi Battalion is invincible. Even if there are twice as many Qing soldiers, I am sure to block them to death in the city! What's more, there are more than [-] volunteers to cooperate, let alone worry. gone."

"The rebels' appearance is unmatched, their small abacus is cracking, and their fighting power is extremely low. To put it bluntly, I think the [-] Qing soldiers in the city alone can kill them." Wang Huan reminded: "Don't place too high hopes on them, the most reliable person is yourself!"

Li Dingguo respectfully agreed: "Yes, I will never mind it!"

"They provided us with a lot of food and grass, which saved us the worries of the long food road." Wang Huan said again: "Especially Han Zhaoxuan and Yu Yin, when they can take care of them, take care of them, don't let them The loss is too great, and the future governance of Shanxi cannot be separated from these local snakes."

Li Dingguo agreed again, and between the two of them asked and answered, they made a plan for the next few days, and in all directions, the rebels of the brigade were still rushing around the city in an endless stream, making noise like the people going to the market, in the noisy waves The lieutenant general surrounded Taiyuan City like an iron barrel.

The commotion under the city, and the city did not stop, Zhu Shichang roared loudly, roaring, and ordered his soldiers to move the two red cannons deployed elsewhere, plus some Fran cannons, all to this side.

Fortunately, the city wall is wide, and although the cannons are bulky and bulky, they cannot support the crowds. With the efforts of the Qing soldiers who were attached to the front and back of the cannons like ants and chanted, two red cannons came slowly one after the other. On this section of the city wall, the ropes have been prepared, the fixed iron nails have been nailed down, and everyone worked together to firmly place the heavy iron cannon on the shooting crenel.

Zhu Shichang let out a long breath, only to realize that he was sweating profusely, as if he was one of the people who pushed the cannon just now. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and cursed secretly, it's all from the fucking city The rebels provoked it.

After all this tossing, several hours have passed, the sun is setting to the west, the light is dimming, and it is about to enter the dusk before the night.

The rebel brigade outside the city began to cut trees and build a stronghold. Many people surrounded the city and dug ditches from a distance.

Looks like there will be a tough fight tomorrow.

Zhu Shichang thought with some anxiety that he was not too worried about the Ming army and the rebel army. Even if Darhan and others were wiped out, he did not make him overly anxious. The confidence in his heart was the rock-solid city defense of Taiyuan. The level of solidity is no less than that of Datong. Jiang Yu can persist for several months under the siege of tens of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers. Why does he have reason to be afraid?
But Wang Huan under the city agrees with his thoughts.

"Has the trench been dug?" Wang Huan asked, and several generals of the Fengzi Battalion were standing in front of him, sweating profusely.

"It's been dug." Several people replied, wiping the sweat off their faces with their hands: "My lord, the trench is one foot five feet wide and five feet deep. It surrounds the front of the artillery camp for five miles, and the cavalry will never be able to jump over it."

Wang Huan nodded, and looked forward together with Li Dingguo, who was standing beside him, and saw a wide ditch three hundred paces ahead of the artillery line, and the spoils dug out of the ditch were still piled outside the ditch. On one side, a short dirt bag was formed.

"It's ok, it's safe." Wang Huan looked at Li Dingguo.

Li Dingguo nodded in understanding, turned around abruptly, and yelled angrily at the gunners who stood silently beside a mighty cannon ready to fire at any time: "Fire the cannon, fuck the fuck!"

Yan Mingde has now handed over his position as the head of the Kuizhou Army's bird commander, and has been promoted to the commander of the artillery team of the Fengzi Battalion. He is very satisfied with this job, because he can go to battle to kill the enemy and gain military merits instead of hiding behind to teach others up.

He stood on the side of the first Shenwei cannon, staring at Li Dingguo all the time, and when he made a sound, he immediately turned around and stood upright, grabbed a red flag standing high on the ground, waved it in the air, and then swung it down suddenly, At the same time, he shouted: "Fire!"

Beside each cannon, there were more than a dozen soldiers, and a captain also held a red flag in his hand. The difference was that the red flags in their hands were shorter and smaller than Yan Mingde's.

The captains looked at Yan Mingde's red flag. When the red flag moved, they moved too. More than ten red flags fell almost at the same time.

Boom boom boom!
A series of loud noises, like spring thunder rolling, and summer thunderbolt, sent out a wave of sound waves in the evening sky. With the last ray of sunlight, the aimers pointed the watch mountain on the cannon at the tall city wall in the distance, At this time, more than ten iron bullets came out with a sharp whistling, and rushed towards the wall.

No one thought that the Kuizhou army could still fire at this time. Whether it was the rebel army outside the city or the Qing army on the city, they were all stunned, staring blankly at the shells that could almost see the trajectory with the naked eye. Gunpowder smoke came one by one.

The deafening sound of the cannon stunned the rebel generals who had never seen the world much. They stopped their work, put down the stakes of the wall they were erecting, and watched the spectacular scene with their mouths wide open.

Under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, the first iron bullet hit the city wall wrapped in bricks accurately and violently.

The wall was three to five feet high, and the cannonball hit a height of two feet.

With a loud bang, the Qing soldiers standing on this city wall couldn't dodge, as if being bounced by an earthquake, they jumped up high, and the iron bullets smashed the wall bricks that seemed to be like mud with huge kinetic energy. Deeply plunged into the rammed earth, a deep black hole was punched out on the wall, green smoke was emitting from the hole, and countless cracks and cracks appeared around the black hole, just like a piece of flat tofu facade, appearing A hole poked by a chopstick.

The Qing soldiers who were so shocked fell to the ground, bleeding from their mouths and noses, and lay limp on the ground. Before the people around could rush to rescue them, iron bullets hit the city wall one after another.

Like a violent earthquake, it vibrated on the city wall.

(End of this chapter)